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Wayne Campbell

Wayne Campbell

Wayne Campbell is a former Richmond captain and All-Australian, ex-Gold Coast football manager, and the current boss of the Sydney Swans academy.

Trade requests: Wayne Campbell in his playing days for Richmond and former Bombers skipper Zach Merrett.

Like Merrett, I tried to leave my club. This is why I’m proud of it, and he should be too

I faced a similar situation to Zach Merrett halfway through my career. Here’s how it played out, what I learnt and what Merrett should do now.

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Collingwood used Scott Pendlebury on the bench as part of the AFL’s revised interchange bench.

I copped a spray over this AFL invention. Thank goodness it’s gone

I hadn’t been a fan of the AFL sub rule, but my loathing of it went up a level after one particular conversation.

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Richmond complained about having draft pick seven after finishing 17th. Former Gold Coast captain Tom Lynch moved to the Tigers as a free agent at the end of 2018.

Take off your duffle coats and stop whining about fairness, the AFL is bigger than Victoria

Some clubs, including my old team Richmond, say the academy system doesn’t pass the pub test. Here’s my message to the AFL Commission as they consider the rules.

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